Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Malty McDade, Austin County, Texas, 1868

Malty McDade registered to vote in Austin County on January 29, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
28 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Malty McDade

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Malty McDade
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
January 29, 1868
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Austin County
9 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Malty McDade reported 19 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named McDade in Austin County

McDades elsewhere in Texas

All 10 freedmen named McDade in Texas

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 48 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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